Robert Love

Associate, Planning

07880 007111 robert.love@bidwells.co.uk

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With nearly a decade of experience, Robert consistently delivers insightful planning strategies for clients through the planning and development process.

Based in our Milton Keynes planning team, Robert works with clients across the South and East Midlands regions, successfully promoting strategic land for development, providing planning research to identify development opportunities and the management of multi-disciplinary project teams through planning applications and appeals.

With experience across the Oxford-Cambridge Arc, Robert is equipped with widespread geographical knowledge which helps him to provide you with a well-grounded planning strategy. Robert recognises the importance of placemaking, particularly enhancing social infrastructure to better local communities. His positive and proactive approach allows him to manage clients’ expectations, ensuring a positive yet realistic outcome.

Experienced in plan-making and the development management process, Robert has acted as planning agent for a number of landowners, promoters, developers and national housebuilders across the region.

Robert is RTPI accredited.

Planning

Develop winning planning strategies that deliver successful projects

Planning Consultancy

Comprehensive planning strategy and submission advice - tailored to your site and your objectives.

Our insights

Insights 01.02.22

Robert Love delves into Northamptonshire's plan-making by questioning new strategic plans and their challenges, as well as sustainable development opportunities.

Exploring the future of plan-making across Northamptonshire

Insights 20.01.22

The Housing Delivery Test (HDT) 2021 results were published on Friday 14th January 2022 by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC). Robert Love gives his commentary on the results and what this means for development in our region and across England.

What does the Housing Delivery Test 2021 Result mean?

Briefing 23.09.20

It continues to be a mixed bag across Buckinghamshire with the Local Plans of Aylesbury and Chiltern/South Bucks stalled at examination but progress looking to be made on the review of Plan:MK in Milton Keynes with the ongoing preparation of the Mk Futures 2050 Growth Strategy. Moving forward, the proposed revisions to the standard methodology suggest a significant increase in housing need for the upcoming strategic plan for Buckinghamshire to address.

Buckinghamshire Local Plan Watch - Autumn 2020

Reports & Briefings 25.04.22

Buckinghamshire Local Plan Watch - Spring 2022

Insights 17.05.23

Northamptonshire Local Plan Watch - Spring 2023

Insights 16.04.24

West Northamptonshire have taken a big step forward in the preparation of their strategic plan; the draft Plan for Regulation 18 consultation has been published.

Northamptonshire Local Plan Watch - Spring 2024